Guidelines for reopening pubs will not be released until next week, with Government meeting Tuesday to make a decision on lifting the final phase of lockdown restrictions . Paul Moynihan incoming President of the VFI and Pauline Fay who runs Fay’s Pub in Drumconrath in Co. Meath both joined us on the show with reaction.

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